New Delhi,11/5: A Rs 1 crore defamation case and a petition seeking an injunction to restrain his autobiography has been filed against Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi by Assam Public Works (APW) president Aabhijeet Sharma at a local Court here.
Sharma filed the defamation case against Gogoi and Rupa Publications, the publisher of his autobiography ‘Justice for a Judge’, for alleged misleading and defamatory statements against him in the book. He also filed a petition seeking an ad-interim injunction restraining Gogoi and his publisher from further publishing, distributing or selling any book which has defamatory statements and imputations against him.
The defamation case and the petition for the injunction were filed at the Kamrup metros district court here. It was heard on Tuesday and the court in its ruling on Wednesday said that after going through the petition and documents it is found that there is ”substantial question both of law and facts to be adjudicated”. The Court directed issuing of summons to both the petitioner and the defendants and posted the next date of hearing for June 3.
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